BESCENE.net RSS feed http://www.bescene.net Laatste artikels door bescene.net Nederlands 1063 TBH release COD4 team http://www.bescene.net/1063/TBH_release_COD4_team Sun, 25 Apr 2010 00:07:00 +0200 http://www.bescene.net/images/news_icons/5.jpg Team Bavarian Heaven(TBH) have removed their Call of Duty 4 team with immediate effect. The team reformed in February although they were still struggling with activity. Shortly after they joined the EPS Germany league as one of the favorites, this however didn't work out. With 27 penalty points the team has been removed from the EPS league and thus also from the organization as this exceeds the double of the maximum amount of penalty points required to get removed from an EPS league. The players did not make a comment on this yet, we have translated the clan's statement for you. Quote:
Germany TBH: When two years ago we decided to add COD4 to our portfolio, there were many reasons for it. The euphoria and the dedication of the players, the constantly growing community, the interest from some companies and eventually the Pro-Series, etc. Unfortunately not much is left over now and that is why we feel impelled to take this step. The majority of the penalty points could have been avoided with some thoughtfulness, the other part can be led back to the unreliability of some of the players.
]]> 1065 Win a signed HeatoN QPAD resized at Dignitas http://www.bescene.net/1065/Win_a_signed_HeatoN_QPAD_resized_at_Dignitas Fri, 23 Apr 2010 20:20:00 +0200 http://www.bescene.net/images/news_icons/56.jpg QPADhave released a new mouse pad called theQPAD|HeatoN resized. The mousepad is similar to the first larger version but has been resized to a medium size. Team Dignitas thanks to QPAD, will be giving away one signed QPAD|HeatoN Medium pad, as shown on the picture, to the person who can answer the following questions. Put your answers in a comment in this newspost and some time next week a winner will be picked. 1. Which Team Dignitas player played for HeatoN in the CGS? 2. What was the score when Team Dignitas CS1.6 played NiP with Heaton at ESWC 2007 ? 3. What is the size of the new QPAD HeatoN pad resized?]]> 1075 World Cyber Games Announces Official 2010 Tournament Rules and Player Regulations http://www.bescene.net/1075/World_Cyber_Games_Announces_Official_2010_Tournament_Rules_and_Player_Regulations Wed, 21 Apr 2010 17:50:00 +0200 http://www.bescene.net/images/news_icons/55.jpg Rules and Regulations Integrate Gamer Feedback Worldwide The WCG 2010 Grand Final will be held on September 30 – October 3 Seoul, Korea, April 21, 2010 – World Cyber Games Inc. (WCG), organizer of the premier international video game competition and festival, today announced the official rules and player regulations for the 2010 tournament season. These policies and guidelines will be applied in all online qualifiers, local preliminaries and national finals in WCG participating countries. The tournament rules reflect WCG's continued commitment to integrate the opinions and preferences of the gaming community around the world. Other aspects such as official maps for games, specific settings and overall processes were updated to improve the pace and game play that continue to make WCG tournaments exciting for gamers and spectators around the world. These regulations are designed to provide clear guidelines for players competing in the WCG 2010 tournaments. All players competing in the WCG 2010 Grand Final must have proof of citizenship to their respective country. In addition, if a player has dual citizenship, he/she is only eligible to represent one country. All players who were born after September 30, 1993 must present a consent form in order to participate. Regarding age restrictions, WCG continues to follow ESRB rating standards. The maximum number of players allowed on each national team is three people (for single player games) and two teams for team play games. Under the auto-berth rule, medallists in the WCG 2009 Grand Final are allowed to participate in the National Finals, without competing in local preliminaries. Lastly, if national team players cannot attend the WCG 2010 Grand Final due to sickness or any other unforeseen event, he or she may be replaced with the next-highest finisher in the National Finals up to two weeks before the first day of the Grand Final. As for Counter-Strike, the team whose substitution exceeds two players will be disqualified and replaced by the next highest finishing team. ''The World Cyber Games prides itself on working closely with our dedicated community of gamers to ensure the rules of play reflect their valuable input.'' said Hyoung-Seok Kim, CEO of World Cyber Games Inc., the global organizer of the World Cyber Games. The World Cyber Games 2010 official tournament rules are as follows: ''StarCraft: Brood War'' Online Maps (Battle.net): Blue Storm, Python, Tau Cross Offline Maps: Outsider SE, Tau Cross, Destination, Fighting Spirit, Match Point ''Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne'' Maps: Turtle Rock, Echo Isle, Twisted Meadows, Terenas Stand, Ancient Isle ''FIFA Soccer 10'' Game Mode: International and Club ''Counter-Strike'' Maps: De Dust2, De Inferno, De Nuke, De Train, De Tuscan ''Carom 3D'' Game Type: 3 Ball Pro & 8 Ball Difficulty: Arcade (3 Ball Pro), Simulation (8 Ball) ''TrackMania Nations Forever'' Competition Mode: Cup Courses: WCG - AlienSkills, WCG - Classic, WCG - mymates, WCG - New Born, WCG – Siprus Car Setting: Stadium Car Skin (only the livery can be changed) ''Tekken 6'' Game Type: Offline Mode - VS. Battle Rounds: 3 Round Time: 60 Seconds Handicap: 110% Stage: Random Choice ''Forza MotorSport 3'' Laps: 3 Courses: Camino Viejo Full, Sebring Short, Sedona Club, Silverstone National, Suzuka West, Tsukuba Full Car Class: Any Car Setting: Any ''Guitar Hero 5'' Hyperspeed Mode: Can be decided by each player to whichever speed they prefer Songs: ''American Girl'' - Tom Petty & the Heart Breakers, ''Demons'' - Darkest Hour, ''Deadbolt'' - Thrice, ''Done with Everything Die for Nothing'' - Children of Bodom, ''No One to Depend On (Live)'' - Santana, ''One Big Holiday'' - My Morning Jacket, ''Scatterbrain (Live)'' - Jeff Beck, ''Young Funk'' - The Derek Trucks Band, ''Sultans of Swing'' - Dire Straits, ''2 Minutes to Midnight'' - Iron Maiden Final Song: ''The Spirit of Radio (Live)'' – Rush The WCG2010 Grand Final will be held in Los Angeles on September 30 to October 3. For more information please visit www.wcg.com About World Cyber Games (WCG) World Cyber Games Inc. (WCG) is the organizer of the longest running global videogame tournament and festival, celebrating its 10th anniversary in 2010. With a yearlong competition spanning online, regional and national qualifying matches, elite gamers ascend to represent their countries at the WCG Grand Final, a thrilling high-pressure challenge to crown the world's best gamers. More than 1.6 million players from 65 countries competed for a spot in the WCG 2009 Grand Final in China. Entertainment capital Los Angeles will host this exciting competition in 2010. To showcase the passion and competitive spirit of gamers, WCG also produces the hit reality show WCG Ultimate Gamer, which premieres a second season this summer. For more information visit www.wcg.com.]]> 1025 xtothed find new home in x9 http://www.bescene.net/1025/xtothed_find_new_home_in_x9 Tue, 20 Apr 2010 16:43:00 +0200 http://www.bescene.net/images/news_icons/5.jpg After welcoming the Polish team HardPlay back in March, x9 syndrome has added yet another Call of Duty 4 team: xtothed! With a Greek and Polish team already in their ranks, x9 syndrome has picked up the Finnish xtothed team ahead of the summer LAN's, which they'll be attending together with the organisation's Polish division. Multiplay i38 Call of Duty 4 champions xtothed had been on the lookout for a new home in the recent months after parting ways with the Epsilon Esports organisation the end of January. The team's roster remains unchanged and currently features the following five players:
Finland Niko "nipazki" Rauhamaa Finland Ville "rEplan" Ijäs Finland Roope "robez" Hokkanen Finland Petri "Rorz" Nurmi Finland Sasu "saruz" Salakka Poland Maciej "jOhnY" Kuran (manager) Greece Dimos "uniQZje" Archodoulis (manager)
Statement Sasu "saruz" Salakka: "After a long search we are very pleased what we have here in x9. Thanks to the guys for giving us a chance to join them and everyone who has helped us with our search. Can't wait to see you all at the summerlans!" Statement Maciej "jOhnY" Kuran: "We were looking for a third awesome team to our x9-syndrome organization since long time. After few conversations with finish guys from xtothed we decided to pick them up and gave them a chance to appear at summer lan events with other our polish x9 team. These players definitely have a really good potential to be in top of Europe. They have the right attitude to achieve whatever we need to develop our organization in future. We are going to keep them as long will it be possible and realize their all requests. We are so proud and I'd like to wish them good luck and have some great frags!" Related www.x9-syndrome.org #naNox9]]> 1026 The Malaysian Call of Duty 4 scene http://www.bescene.net/1026/The_Malaysian_Call_of_Duty_4_scene Tue, 20 Apr 2010 12:38:00 +0200 http://www.bescene.net/images/news_icons/5.jpg The Malaysian Call of Duty 4 community has always had a vision: to go international and be able to play overseas. Whether for fame or passion or just the money, we are striving hard to get to a playing field where we can compete against the best in the world. But I’ll bet, everyone who plays competitively shares this dream. I hope by the end of this article, you will have an idea of how COD4 in Malaysia has evolved from the early days until today. The PAM era In the early days of Call of Duty 4, the PAM mod was adapted by Malaysia as a competitive mod. However, the local community continually changed certain elements in the game according to developments in the competitive scene. The first tournament for COD4 in Malaysia was held in a cyber café (LAN center) called Tbun, located in Aman Suria. Many other cyber cafes did upgrades to their computers and held competitions to draw in the COD4 crowd. In the PAM days, it was not uncommon to see cyber cafes packed with COD4 players and teams having LAN scrims. Brian Chan, who is otherwise known as Esp. Death, was the sole coder during the PAM era in Malaysia. He worked to mod elements in the game such as weapon damage and perks. Such changes were decided through leader meetings where team captains of all competitive teams were invited to voice out their opinions about weapons, perks and etc. Later on, a league system was created and named ESPGL (note: this is NOT the same as the existing www.espgl.com). The league used a modified version of the original PAM402. The changes can be seen at this thread: http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/858863. Long before Malaysia adopted Promod as the competitive mod, PAM was already been utilized to slowly introduce Promod to the community. Fearing that the drastic changes in appearance might put off most of the competitive and casual crowd, community leaders decided to slowly implement elements from Promod into PAM coding. However, the switch to Promod became inevitable when a later version of PAM made it impossible to change coding inside config files. The Promod era A major issue about PAM was the hassle when it came to setting up the mod. The problems arose when the config files were different. Even though the same mod was being used, two computers with different config files would make gameplay different, i.e. one player having sway when scoping and the other player without sway. Fortunately, no such problems arose after Promod was used. Malaysia switched to Promod approximately 2 years ago when the community made a huge decision to change the competitive mod from PAM to Promod. Since then, the local community has followed adjustments in the competitive mod up to Promod Live 2.04, which is the current version being used. The switch to Promod created an exodus of players away from competitive COD4. Ironically, this helped create a much more self-aware and self-sustaining community in Malaysia. Players still joined tournaments and online cups to show their passion for the game even though there was little or no prize money involved. The community in Malaysia also benefited from support by communities in the South East Asian region. Many teams in the region utilized Fragnetics to host dedicated servers with Promod Live for public usage. Teams from all over SEA also use these servers to organize scrims. Another huge effort that helped promote Promod in Asia was the Asian COD4 Championship (ACC). This league ran for 2 seasons in and brought together over 40 teams from each year. The ACC team was lead by Ammar Lulla, otherwise known as [JEDI*] aBc` from Singapore, and had members from all over South East Asia to help coordinate and oversee matches. Beyond Promod It might sound surprising, but at the spur of reaching for an international standard of play, the decision to change to Promod caused the COD4 community to fall into a recession. With both a lack of interest in Promod from the public and also organizers to hold competitions, the situation looked very bleak indeed. Ironically, and now I’ll have to quote from a movie “at the precipice, we change…” is perhaps the best way to describe how the scene has begun to move forward. The answer comes along with two names that are very close to home in COD4: Vita Nova and Crossfire Intel Challenge 7. With the Vita Nova ruleset and Crossfire Intel Challenge 7: Malaysia Edition (CIC7:ME), the scene is looking better than ever. Vita Nova has set foot on Malaysian soil and is starting to establish a structure in the COD4 scene. With not only plans for tournaments, but also the building of a team of community members who are committed to COD4’s revival and advancement, I’d certainly say that we are looking at a fresh start. We mustn’t leave out the other parties who have shown their support, time and again, for the E-Sports industry in Malaysia. The cyber cafes that we frequent, our universities, product distributors, organizers and also the government have pitched in their efforts to help the E-Sports industry grown. Perhaps now, with the community starting to get more and more involved with the industry, COD4 can rise to greener pastures. Hope you enjoyed the read. Signing off Ke Pang “Roti” Lew]]> 1019 Reason bring in Trigger http://www.bescene.net/1019/Reason_bring_in_Trigger Mon, 19 Apr 2010 20:01:00 +0200 http://www.bescene.net/images/news_icons/5.jpg Today the well known eSports organization United Kingdom Reason Gaming announced roster changes concerning its Call of Duty 4 lineup. The team recently recruited United Kingdom Jason 'lookzor' Perez O'Connor but this didn't seem to work as he was quickly removed from the roster. The team started playing with COD2 legend Germany Michael 'Trigger' Sowa, who has already made a comeback in 2009 after he joined ChoZen which only lasted for a short spell. Trigger has been playing with the team for a few weeks and the team feels very confident playing with Trigger. The team will be attending SEC later this month. Quote:
Germany Michael 'Trigger' Sowa: Here we go again! After i stopped playing 2 years ago and just did some really small attempts to get active again, I can now confirm that I am fully back. A month ago i started playing CoD4 with my german mates of TBH and also played alot of CB mixes with the UK community at the same time. After having a talk with duffer about possibly joining Reason and some games and talks with the other guys, we saw it was working out quite good and therefore decided to give it a try. I would like to thank my old team over at TBH for a great time playing the german EPS. I am happy to join an organisation like Reason Gaming which is a big name in the international scene for years now. I will do my best playing under the Reason tag and to win as many tournaments as possible with these crazy guys! See ya at the upcoming LAN events.
The Reason.COD4 roster is: United Kingdom Tom 'D1ablo' Newman Ireland Ryan 'Duffer' Duffy United Kingdom Danny 'SoCLoN' Perez O'Connor United Kingdom Chris 'Lighters' Lightburn Germany Michael 'Trigger' Sowa Good luck to the team.]]> 1029 Vita Nova on the lookout! http://www.bescene.net/1029/Vita_Nova_on_the_lookout Mon, 19 Apr 2010 17:06:00 +0200 http://www.bescene.net/images/news_icons/5.jpg Vita Nova is on the lookout for more people willing and able to help out for a healthier and ever-developing CoD4 scene, particularly, we are seeking to cooperate with National Representatives. Building upon the Vita Nova ideal to promote CoD4 as an eSport throughout, one has to keep in mind that large international events are only one side to it. The activity and vitality of the CoD4 scene should also be tackled at a more micro-level stage: within the communities of individual countries. Due to language barriers, and the requirement of intricate knowledge of each national scene, VITA NOVA requires National Representatives for as many countries as possible. The main role of said representatives can generally be summarised in 'the cultivation of CoD4 in that particular region'. Roles involve the following: (depending on the time a person can make use of towards furthering our goals)
- Being active on community websites and forums of particular countries, promoting CoD4 and related events. - Familiarising one's local scene with the international community. - Giving out a helping hand in the administration of CoD4 events and tournaments, making sure they abide by any international ruleset. - Establishing contacts with local events (online or offline) organisers with the ultimate goal t convince them in picking up CoD4. - Establishing contacts with local Gaming organisations with the ultimate goal to convince them in picking up CoD4. - Convincing local teams to be more outward looking. - Establishing relationships with Shoutcasting and Streaming companies in one's country to support CoD4. - Being a middleman between VITA NOVA and one's local scene.
The current list of National Representatives stands as follows. Many countries boasting noteworthy scenes are missing. The inclusion of these countries within the scope of VITA NOVA is critical for the furthering of our endeavours. List of Current National Representatives:
Denmark AagaarDMalaysia crashtecMalaysia FalkFinland fekujNorway gizzorPortugal ikersUnited States juv3nileFrance karkoMalta mikkSweden MummaUnited Kingdom myzzCzech Republic paradoxPoland velvet
If anyone thinks he/she fills the criteria expected out of a National Representative, and would like to be part of this project, please write out an application, addressed towards: community[at]thevitanova.org Fill out the email as follows: - Name - Age - Country - Background this can include, gaming history/educational background - Expereince, what have you brought to the scene - What links you have/can provide with big organisations in the country you are from. LAN hosts/Gaming teams - Why do you want to be part of the Vita Nova? Send your emails to community[at]thevitanova.org If you have any questions then talk to an operator at #vita-nova at quakenet Thanks and we will look forward to reading you application!]]> 996 Swedes hit out at single ESWC spot http://www.bescene.net/996/Swedes_hit_out_at_single_ESWC_spot Thu, 15 Apr 2010 05:59:00 +0200 http://www.bescene.net/images/news_icons/65.png The Swedish Quake community has hit out at the new ESWC's decision to offer them just one qualifying spot at next month's Swedish qualifier. Previous ESWC events had offered two or more qualifying berths to previously successful nations in order to ensure a strong representation of the world's best players but the new ESWC have eschewed this method in favour of a simpler one country, one spot system. Sweden are the second most decorated nation in ESWC history - with a total of fifteen medals since 2003 - and can boast a strong contingent of QuakeLive stars, including Magnus "fox" Olsson, Sebastian "Spart1e" Siira and Alexander "Z4muZ" Ihrfors. Excello's Pelle "fazz" Söderman spoke out against the decision on esreality.com, arguing that "it should be 2-3 slots and only 1st get paid travels/hotel". The Swede, a previous 4th place finisher at ESWC, pointed the finger of blame at the new organisers, admitting he still had "big doubts about this ESWC organisation", even suggesting "it might just be good that [other Swedes] don't go there to get ripped off as well." The Swedish qualifying event will be held from the 5th to the 6th of June in the Game City LAN centre in Dreamhack host-city Jönköping. Gamers will have the chance to compete in Counter Strike 1.6, Guitar Hero 5 and Street Fighter 4 qualifiers as well as QuakeLive with the winners earning the chance to represent their country at the world finals in Disneyland, Paris later this year. Related ESWC.com Press Release (Swedish)]]> 987 Team Infused win TLD LAN http://www.bescene.net/987/Team_Infused_win_TLD_LAN Wed, 14 Apr 2010 15:29:00 +0200 http://www.bescene.net/images/news_icons/5.jpg Hosted in Denmark last week, the TLD (The Last Danes) LAN event has come to a close with Denmark Team Infused coming out on top, as expected. Team Infused went into the event as clear favouritse, being ranked the 9th best Call of Duty 4 team in the monthly Cadred CoD4 rankings. However, tough competition in the form of Denmark Roskilde Ravens, Denmark VIP Gaming and Denmark XLBET was present to keep them on their toes. Coming through the group stages relatively easily, the primarily Danish side didn't lose a single map until they faced Roskilde Ravens in the Upperbracket Final, where they lost 9-13 on Crossfire after taking the first map in overtime. However, they kept their nerve and won 2-1 after a close game on Backloy. Knocked into the Lowerbracket, the Ravens faced off against VIP Gaming in the consolation final, which they breezed through 2-0 to earn themselves the chance to replay their rivals Team Infused. Unfortunately for them, Infused proved too strong and took the gold in only 1 map, winning themselves 3500 DKK (about €470). Grand Final - mp_backlot Denmark Team Infused 13:5 Roskilde Ravens Denmark (Holbek, PATR, AagaarD, Profft, K1lm0) (Guana, hiffer, adaigO, Jackson, Champ) The full prize distribution was as follows: Congratulations to all the winning teams! Related Team Infused]]> 989 World Cyber Games Announces Additional Titles for WCG 2010 Grand Final http://www.bescene.net/989/World_Cyber_Games_Announces_Additional_Titles_for_WCG_2010_Grand_Final Wed, 14 Apr 2010 09:45:00 +0200 http://www.bescene.net/images/news_icons/55.jpg PC - FIFA Soccer 10 (EA, Sports) - StarCraft: Brood War (Blizzard, RTS) Mobile - Asphalt 5 (Gameloft, Racing) ''FIFA 10'' and ''StarCraft: Brood War'' are two of the most popular competitive franchises in the world and are vitally important to our players and fans. Having the opportunity to also include a leading racing series like ''Asphalt 5'' allows the WCG to offer a robust and diverse set of titles for gaming's ultimate competition.'' said Hyoung-Seok Kim, President and CEO, World Cyber Games, Inc. WCG announced the first round of titles last month which featured a total of seven official games titles and one promotional game title: Official game titles - ''Warcraft III'' (PC, Blizzard, RTS), ''Counter-Strike'' (PC, Valve, FPS), ''TrackMania Nations Forever'' (PC, Nadeo, Racing), ''Carom 3D'' (PC, Neoact, Sports), ''Guitar Hero 5'' (Xbox360, Neversoft, Music), ''Forza Motorsport 3'' (Xbox360, Turn10, Racing), ''Tekken 6'' (Xbox360, Namco Bandai, Fighting) Promotional game title - ''Lost Saga'' (PC, IO Entertainment, Action) The WCG 2010 Grand Final Los Angeles will be held in September with a total of 10 official game titles (6 PC, 3 Xbox360, 1 mobile). There will be another announcement for promotional titles in the near future. For more information please visit www.wcg.com About World Cyber Games (WCG) Founded in 2000 and celebrating its 10th anniversary this year, World Cyber Games Inc. (WCG) is the organizer of the longest running global eSports tournament and festival in existence. Credited with launching the professional careers of many of the planet's top video game competitors, WCG uses a yearlong tournament format, which begins with online, national and regional competitions around the world. Top national competitors then convene to compete in the ultimate global eSports tournament, the World Cyber Games Grand Final, where they compete for prizes, and most of all, prestige. In 2009, around 1.6 million players from 65 countries competed for a spot in the WCG 2009 Grand Final. The WCG 2010 Grand Final will be held at Los Angeles, USA. WCG is also behind the hit reality show WCG Ultimate Gamer. After the successful launch of Season 1 in 2009, WCG Ultimate Gamer Season 2 is returning this summer. For more information visit WCG.com & WCGUltimateGamer.com]]> 970 zeroPoint! wins Gamersject LAN 2 http://www.bescene.net/970/zeroPoint_wins_Gamersject_LAN_2 Tue, 13 Apr 2010 21:13:00 +0200 http://www.bescene.net/images/news_icons/5.jpg This weekend the second edition of the Gamersject LAN held place in Zagreb, Croatia. The Hungarian side of zeroPoint! Gaming took home the win without losing a map. The HGspot Centar Utrine in Zagreb was the decor for of one Croatia's most successful LAN's, the Gamersject LAN #2. Some 12 Call of Duty 4 teams battled for a prizepurse of €1050, divided evenly between the top 3 places. Not only were the teams rewarded with cash in their pockets, they also received generous hardware prizes.Croatia Team Imex and Hungary zeroPoint! (ex iNFiNiTY*SKiLLS) won their groups pretty easily without any losses. The playoffs were quite simple for zeroPoint! and after their 4th place at the Crossfire Intel Challenge 7, they took home the gold without much difficulty, triumphing over fellow hungarians Hungary Digestive-Gaming in only one map. Third place went to the czech side Czech Republic Team Confis. Road to the Final - Groupstages Hungary zeroPoint 13:3 Croatia p4ls4lifes (mp_citystreets) Hungary zeroPoint 13:10 Croatia Team Rabbits (mp_citystreets) Hungary zeroPoint 13:5 Croatia ETC (mp_backlot) Hungary zeroPoint 13:3 Croatia enVees (mp_citystreets) Hungary zeroPoint 13:8 Croatia Gamersject (mp_crossfire) Road to the Final - Playoffs Hungary zeroPoint 13:3 Croatia unreal (mp_citystreets) Hungary zeroPoint 13:3 Croatia rabbits (mp_crash) Hungary zeroPoint 13:7 Hungary Digestive (mp_backlot) Road to the Final - Grand Final Hungary zeroPoint 13:8 Hungary Digestive (mp_citystreets) The final standings and prize distribution were as follows: Congratulations to all the winning teams! Related: Gamersject LAN 2]]> 978 First i40 tournaments announced http://www.bescene.net/978/First_i40_tournaments_announced Mon, 12 Apr 2010 22:39:00 +0200 http://www.bescene.net/images/news_icons/66.jpg This summer promises to be very interesting for British gamers as United Kingdom Multiplay will be hosting Insomnia40 (i40) which is set to be 'the big LAN of the year' according to Multiplay. Three tournaments have just been confirmed although a prize pot is missing from the announcement. The confirmed tournaments are: - Counter-Strike: Source - Team Fortress 2 - Battlefield: Bad Company 2 The following tournaments are still being looked into to: - Call of Duty 4 - Quake Live - Starcraft 2 - Heroes of Newerth As always i40 will take place at the United Kingdom Newbury race course, this time to be held from August 27th-30th. Be sure to check out the i40 site for all information.]]> 973 LAN79 confirm CoD4 competition http://www.bescene.net/973/LAN79_confirm_CoD4_competition Mon, 12 Apr 2010 19:29:00 +0200 http://www.bescene.net/images/news_icons/5.jpg The organisers behind the LAN79 event have confirmed the official tournament for the 2010 edition, which is set to take place between the 13th and 16th of May in the Bocapole Arena in Bressuire, France. After making it's first appearance in 2009, when Reason Gaming beat eSuba in the Grand Final, Call of Duty 4 will once again be a part of the tournaments official games, although the prizemoney is still to be announced. Nex to team games Call of Duty 4 and Counterstrike: Source, Trackmania Nations Forever and Pro Evolution Soccer will be available in duel format, as well as a poker tournament. The official games:
- Counterstrike: Source - Call Of Duty 4 - TrackMania Nation Forever - Pro Evolution Soccer - Poker
Related www.lan79.com]]> 980 nwave with new COD4 team http://www.bescene.net/980/nwave_with_new_COD4_team Mon, 12 Apr 2010 12:50:00 +0200 http://www.bescene.net/images/news_icons/5.jpg nwave have found a suitable team to represent them in Call of Duty 4 and more specificly at SEC, which is taking place at the end of this month. Nwave took in a Norwegian lineup called Norway EMERGO, who will be trying to make a name for themself at SEC as they are still an upcoming team. Quote:
Norway Rasmus 'jookarn' Glemmestad: We’re glad we were given this chance by the management over at Northwave. We will work hard to proove our selfs at SEC and the upcoming lans. Ken ‘Hitty’ Sandnes have said that he will be folding cod4 after SEC by different reasons. So the original man for the job Jonas ‘Hulk’ Øien will be stepping in as fulltime AK at that time. I would like to thank Northwave & n1ping.com for making this possible.
The nwave.COD4 roster consists of: Norway Rasmus 'jookarn' Glemmestad Norway Henrik 'Steam' Stene Norway Jonas 'Impos' Lundblad Norway Jonas 'Hulk' Øien Norway Erik 'Appi' Andreassen Norway Ken 'Hitty' Sandnes Best of luck to the team.]]> 954 50,000 SEK for QL at Dreamhack, av3k invited http://www.bescene.net/954/50000_SEK_for_QL_at_Dreamhack_av3k_invited Sun, 11 Apr 2010 10:24:00 +0200 http://www.bescene.net/images/news_icons/22.jpg Dreamhack organisers have confirmed further details ahead of their summer 2010 event including a 50,000 SEK (€5,000) prize purse. The tournament will feature sixteen participants with five international qualifiers, three qualifiers from Dreamhack BYOC and seven further wildcards joining reigning champion Maciej "av3k" Krzykowski. So far only Pelle "fazz" Söderman has confirmed his spot - after winning the Norwegian qualifier at The Gathering - but the likes of Kevin "strenx" Baeza, Alessandro "stermy" Avallone and last year's finalist Alexand "Z4muZ" Ihrfors have all officially registered their interest and look likely to pick up wildcard spots. Last year's winter event saw a strong showing from Europe's top Quake players, with the absence of Shane "rapha" Hendrixson allowing Maciej "av3k" Krzykowski and Anton "Cooller" Singov in particular to shine. One player yet to appear on the wildcard signup list is Alexey "Cypher" Yanushevsky, who suffered a rare blip in the 2009 tournament but is still expected to compete. Running from June 19th to 21st, the 18th Dreamhack event to be held at the Elmia exhibition centre in Jönköping looks set to draw in the crowds once more to reaffirm it's title as "the world's biggest LAN party". Tickets are already on sale and can be found on bokning.dreamhack.se. Dreamhack Summer 2010 Prize Purse 1st 30,000SEK (€3,000) 2nd 15,000SEK (€1,500) 3rd 5,000SEK (€500) Wildcard Signups Poland av3k (invited) Netherlands draven Spain Sl1p Sweden Z4muZ Germany k1llsen Sweden madix France l1nkje Italy stermy France strenx Germany nighT]]> 946 CHEAPTIMES add Danish all-stars http://www.bescene.net/946/CHEAPTIMES_add_Danish_all-stars Fri, 09 Apr 2010 18:49:00 +0200 http://www.bescene.net/images/news_icons/2.jpg Not even one week after beating mTw.dk in the Danish Championships 2010, the Counter-Strike team CHEAPTIMES has announc ed massive changes to its lineup. Apparently the roster around Danish legend Denmark Timm 'ArcadioN' Henriksen has decided that this success was not reason enough to stick together and three players have been removed for more known names. Denmark Rasmus 'FaagaN' Thomsen, Denmark Finn 'karrigan' Andersen and Denmark Nicolaj 'Nuggi' Larsen, known from teams like AndThenSome, wooSai, Ab Ovo and Roskilde Ravens, are the new ones in the lineup. According to HLTV.org, the team is already looking for an organisation to represent. This is the new CHEAPTIMES: Denmark Timm 'ArcadioN' Henriksen Denmark Christian 'turkizh' Bindslev Denmark Rasmus 'FaagaN' Thomsen Denmark Finn 'karrigan' Andersen Denmark Nicolaj 'Nuggi' Larsen Good luck!]]> 934 Last few days to sign up for Gamersject LAN 2 http://www.bescene.net/934/Last_few_days_to_sign_up_for_Gamersject_LAN_2 Mon, 05 Apr 2010 13:46:00 +0200 http://www.bescene.net/images/news_icons/5.jpg zeroPoint! side will be the hot favourites, although they will have to fight off tough competition from local sides Croatia team imex, Croatia gamersject and Croatia Unreal. From further afield are Hungary Digestive gaming, winner of last week's LAN in Ljubljana, as well as the talented Czech side, Czech Republic Team Confis. Both these teams will have a good chance of a podium finish. However, the tournament sign ups are not yet closed. At the last event, a mass flurry of teams paying in the last two days before the event nearly doubled the attendance, and the event organisers are hoping to repeat this spectacle. So why attend? Well, starting with the basics, there will be (as previously mentioned) a high standard of teams attending. Situated in the stylish HGspot Centar Utrine, the venue is well-equipped and in the centre of the bustling city of Zagreb. Fiscally speaking, the entrance fee is only €150 for a team of 5 and the variable prizepot looks set to reap some nice rewards indeed! With the last LAN also paying out thousands of euros in Hardware prizes in addition to the cash, the event is set to follow in the footsteps of the successful first LAN. As is common of most events, the variable prize-payout is based upon the number of teams attending the event. The scheme can be summarised as follows: "the more the merrier!" - more attendees means bigger prizes! Prize distribution- Call of Duty 4 Tournament The signups so far stand at 22 signed up, with 11 fully paid teams. If all these sign ups pay, plus just two more teams then the prize fund will be in excess of €2000! So, what are you waiting for, sign up! TEK-9 will covering the Call of Duty 4 event online, with full tables and brackets, Interviews and more, so stay tuned! Related Gamersject LAN Sign up form]]> 935 France over Austria in opening ENC showmatch http://www.bescene.net/935/France_over_Austria_in_opening_ENC_showmatch Mon, 05 Apr 2010 07:14:00 +0200 http://www.bescene.net/images/news_icons/22.jpg European heavyweights France claimed a narrow win over Austria in 4v4 TDM at the Gamers Assembly LAN. fnatic teammates Kevin "strenx" Baeza and Pierre-Emeric "l1nkje" Portier combined to deliver victory in three maps for France in the opening European Nations Championship showmatch yesterday in Poitiers, France. The win sees the French emerge as one of the clear favourites ahead of the 2010 ENC season but Austria can take heart from a spirited showing as well as some moments of individual brilliance from 1v1 star Richard "noctis" Gansterer. DM6 proved a tight opener, with the French team's ability to lock down the quad damage in centre map giving them the edge throughout. Austria fought back on DM20, winning with close to a fifty frag margin, but lost out in the DM7 finale despite a late quad-inspired comeback. Both sides have already secured their place in the ENC regular season by direct invite and will hope the early practice pays off ahead of the upcoming group stages. DM6: 201 - 171 DM20: 157 - 201 DM7: 138 - 127 Related ESL.eu Demos]]> 936 Spart1e denies Cypher weekend double http://www.bescene.net/936/Spart1e_denies_Cypher_weekend_double Mon, 05 Apr 2010 06:06:00 +0200 http://www.bescene.net/images/news_icons/22.jpg Sebastian "Spart1e" Siira denied Alexey "Cypher" Yanushevsky a weekend double at the death in the ZOTAC cup. The Serious-Gaming star was on the verge of a €200 payoff after defeating teammate Adrien "burnedd" Denis in Saturday's GDATA cup but lost out in an epic five map final versus the unpredictable Swede. "Spart1e" had a point to prove after dropping out of last month's top ten and looked in strong form as he progressed to the twenty sixth ZOTAC final without dropping a map. The win over "Cypher" - only his third ZOTAC title - will have boosted the under-fire fnatic player's confidence but bigger challenges undoubtedly lie ahead. A relatively low turnout from Europe's bigger names over the Easter weekend saw "burnedd" emerge as the main challenger but, despite impressing versus the likes of Felix "smoke" Pafel and Keine "Cny" Angabe, the young Belgian was bypassed by both "Cypher" and "Spart1e" without major difficulty. Former SK youngster Bogdan "bodzo" Mazur also looked good at times in the ZOTAC cup but it was his countryman, Szymon "Sting" Ozga, from Frag eXecutors who eventually got closest to the top spots. Signups for next week are already underway and can be found below. GDATA QuakeLive Cup #19 Final Standings Belarus Alexey "Cypher" Yanushevsky (€100) Belgium Adrien "burnedd" Denis 3rd/4th Russia Keine "Cny" Angabe 3rd/4th Russia Paul "kook" Fomkin ZOTAC QuakeLive Cup #26 Final Standings Sweden Sebastian "Spart1e" Siira (€100) Belarus Alexey "Cypher" Yanushevsky 3rd/4th Belgium Adrien "burnedd" Denis 3rd/4th Poland Szymon "Sting" Ozga Related ZOTAC Cup GDATA Cup]]> 912 Win tickets to SEC 2010 http://www.bescene.net/912/Win_tickets_to_SEC_2010 Sun, 04 Apr 2010 22:33:00 +0200 http://www.bescene.net/images/news_icons/43.jpg In cooperation with Clanbase, the SteelSeries eSport Challenge will be organising two to four single elimination tournaments in the upcoming days, giving all teams the opportunity to win entry to the SEC 2010 tournament, plus an additional €500 for their efforts. Depending on the interest, Clanbase will be organising two (Monday and Tuesday) to four (Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday) single elimination tournaments in the upcoming days, each featuring a maximum of 32 teams. The schedule for each tournament looks as follows: Round 1 - 19:30 CET Round 2 - 21:00 CET Round 3 - 22:00 CET Of each single elimination tournament, the top 4 qualify for the finals on Sunday (March 11, 2010), which will feature a maximum of 16 teams. The winner of the Sunday final will be given free entry to the SteelSeries eSport Challenge in Copenhagen, Denmark between the 30th of April and the 2nd of May. In case your team already paid for the tournament, your ticket will be refunded. Next to the free entry, the organisers will be giving away an additional 500 euro bonus to the winning team, which they can collect upon arrival in Copenhagen. For more information, head over to the SteelSeries eSport Challenge website by clicking (HERE). A guide to the SteelSeries eSport Challenge can be found (HERE). Related EsportChallenge.com]]>